Alberto Ruiz & Friends Wild Art Show

ALBERTO RUIZ
JOE WEATHERLY
DAVID COLMAN

3 GREAT ARTISTS - 1 WILD SHOW.

SATURDAY AUGUST 25TH 7:30PM-9:00 PM.

New York illustrator Alberto Ruiz will be here to meet fans, sign books and talk art. Well known for his amazing Pin-Up style drawings, Alberto has also recently branched out into publishing with his new company Guerilla Warefare. That's a strong title from one of the nicest guys we've ever met. Alberto is originally from Latin America, but now lives with is family in New York. He's published several books of his own art, including the instructional 'Process Junkie' that shows his techniques for Adobe Illustrator. His new publishing arm is also responisble for helping folks like: Humberto Ramos, Sean Cheeks Galloway, Andrew Robinson, Patrick Morgan, Matt Stewart, Robin Mitchell and many many other folks put out high quality art books this year. If you were ever thinking of creating your own sketchbook/art book - this is the man to talk to. He's passionate about art and really easy to start talking to.

Joe Weatherly is a California based Life Drawing instructor who's done seminars for folks from Pixar to Dreamworks to Disney. His awesome book 'The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals' is a must for anyone seriously interested in drawing animals. His new book 'The Art of Joe Weatherly' is a massive hard cover book chalk full of animal life drawings and paintings. If you want advice from the expert on animal drawing come meet him for yourself.

David Colman is another awesome Animal Drawing expert from California. He's studied with Joe Weatherly before finally publishing his super-popular book 'The Art of Animal Character Design'. Try saying that 10 times fast! Dave is a top character designer in animation having worked for Disney, Sony and Cartoon Network, where he's currently working as a character design supervisor.

All 3 artists are from out of town, so don't miss out on this great opportunity to talk to all of them.

Please spread the word about this one time event to anyone you think might take an interest.

For those who prefer to spend $25-$40 to go to the Fan Expo - you'll also be able to meet these artists there. The show runs the same weekend -and is in fact the reason we were able to get all 3 at one time. The art show however, only happens at the store. So come by and say Hi!

ANDREW ROBINSON SKETCHBOOK IS IN

For those who don't know him, Andrew Robinson is an amazing comic artist. His most famous creation is Dusty Star - A super cool comic that feels like an old spagetti western but has the gritty feel of tank girl or lobo as drawn by Simon Bisley. On top of all that, Andrew is a really nice guy. His new sketchbook, fresh from San Diego Comic Con has just arrived. Copies are signed, and worth checking out.

his website http://www.nextexitproductions.net/

JUST ARRIVED SKETCHBOOKS

New Arrivals from San Diego Comic Con

Humberto Ramos - Toxic Waste sketchbook
Francisco Herrera - Herrerabox sketchbook
Adam Hughes - Thongs you know sketchbook
Travis Charest - Stuff Wot I Drew sketchbook
Sean "Cheeks" Galloway - Sketchbook 1 and 2 (they have the same cover, but the inside is totally different. don't miss out!)
Javiar Guzman - Glam Sketchbook
Ruben Martinez - Afterlife Sketchbook (monsters and stuff. really nice)
Chris Sanders - Sketchbook 2 back in stock

COMING WEDNESDAY AUG 8

Coming this week:
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100 BULLETS VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME TP
28 DAYS LATER THE AFTERMATH GN
ALAN MOORE THE COMPLETE WILDCATS TP
BLACK METAL VOL 1 GN
INVINCIBLE VOL 3 ULTIMATE COLL HC
MANY FACES OF JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC POSTER
NEW AVENGERS VOL 5 CIVIL WAR TP
NOTES FOR A WAR STORY GN
ROBOT DREAMS GN
SKELANIMALS VINYL FIGURES -ASSORTED
STYLE SCHOOL VOL 1 TP -ANIME ART BOOK
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOL 3 TP
VAULT OF MICHAEL ALLRED LTD ED HC
X-MEN SUPERNOVAS HC
ZOMBIE TALES VOL 1 TP

NEW MANGA
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BLAME VOL 9 GN
CANTARELLA VOL 6
CANT WIN WITH YOU VOL 1 GN
BLADE OF HEAVEN VOL 10 GN
EC ARCHIVES TWO-FISTED TALES VOL 2 HC
HATE TO LOVE YOU VOL 1 GN
IDOL VOL 1 GN
KAMIYADORI VOL 3 GN
PRINCESS PRINCESS VOL 4 GN
LITTLE QUEEN VOL 3 GN
ME2 VOL 1 GN
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION ANGELIC DAYS VOL 6 TP
NOSATSU JUNKIE VOL 3 GN
TACTICS VOL 2 GN
TAIL OF THE MOON VOL 6 TP
TENJHO TENGE VOL 15
UTOPIAS AVENGER VOL 3 GN
WORDS OF DEVOTION VOL 1 GN

***NEW ARTBOOKS ARRIVING TOO -CHECK BACK TO SEE WHAT'S COME IN. WE'LL BE POSTING IMAGES AND INFO SHORTLY.

NEW HOURS

It's been just over 3 months, and its time to adjust the hours slightly.

Monday-Tuesday 11am-8pm
Wednesday-Saturday 11am -9pm
Sunday 12-7pm

ART OF DEANNA M - SOLD OUT IN SAN DIEGO

The Art of Deanna Marsigliese was a huge hit in San Diego. We sold out of all the copies we had by Sunday afternoon. All sorts of folks picked up the book including animators,designers and artists from Pixar,Disney, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Nickelodean,and more. We met so many nice folks - it was really a blast.

For anyone interested in a copy of the book, we will have 20 copies available for the art show this Thursday 7-10pm. Come see Diana's originals. All the drawings are hand done using pen,marker and guache. You can meet Diana and hopefully pick up the book. We will also be accepting preorders for the book. Those who decide to preorder, will get a free 8.5 by 11 colour print signed by Deanna.

While at comic-con we picked up a bunch of cool sketchbooks including the new Chris Sanders, John Nevarez, J Scott Campbell, Travis Charest, Adam Hughes, Rob Rhupel, Bill Presing and more.

More sketchbooks will be arriving over the next few weeks -so check back to the blog for announcements.

ART OF DEANNA MARSIGLIESE

Exciting News. We just got in a sample copy of our new book: The Art of Deanna Marsigliese. It's at the store now, so stop by to take a look. We are accepting pre-orders. Books are $30 canadian funds. Copies are expected to arrive at the end of august. Note, a few copies will be available next week at the launch of the Deanna Marsigliese Art Show at the store. The original art is amazing,and worth seeing in person. That's Thursday August 2nd 7-10pm in the Store.

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON NOTE:
The Labyrinth will be at Comic-Con this week. We'll be having the US debut of the DM artbook at booth E-9. We will be sharing the space with talented artists: Robin Mitchell, Jason Peltz and Kevin Barber. If you happen to be at the show, please stop by and say hello.

HOW TO GET THE BOOK IF YOU'RE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
We will start shipping the books as soon as they arrive at the end of august. you can pre-order now to ensure you get a signed copy. the price is $30 canadian/copy. Shipping is $10 in canada and $12 in the US.
The book is 72 pages, full colour, hard cover 8.5 by 11 inches in size. If you like the two images shown here, you won't be dissapointed. the book is awesome. every page is a colour illustration, done with pen/ink/brush by Deanna.

we accept paypal: simply send payment using paypal to : inthelab@hotmail.com (if you've never used paypal, you'll need to go to paypal.com first, and sign up.)
you can also send money orders to the store.

the labyrinth books
386 bloor street west
toronto,ontario
m5s 1x4 canada